[PRO] 133 Franklin Street | 101m | 30 Levels | Student accom

[dbl96]

What's the point of having planning regulations if they're just going to be blatantly disregarded. I'm very concerned about the free-for-all state of affairs at SAPC.

Are our planning regs different to other capitals in regards to this sort of thing?
Perhaps the regulations should be modelled after a city that doesn't have this sort of rubbish with 100m of concrete walls straight up.

Also, what's the chances of something going up next door any time soon that will block out the view of the concrete wall?

On the eastern side it will be blocked out by the Tapangka development. There will be a ~25 story tower directly to the east of this, judging from the renders roughly where the community garden is now.

But on the western side, it may never be blocked out . The corner of Morphett and Franklin is an attractive old two story bluestone building, which probably is or will be heritage listed. That said, to build this tower they are proposing to knock down something similar.

There really needs to be be something done to prevent this kind of selfish stupidity. If a development abuts a heritage site, then they should not be able to put a blank concrete wall there as it will likely never be covered. Another example of this kind of thing recently is the Karidis office building further east on Franklin.

Any idea whether the SCAP meeting actually went ahead as planned yesterday? The SCAP website hasn’t been updated.

[Pikey]

It makes you wonder if developments like this that are adjacent to heritage site are able to "purchase" their air rights. That way the heritage integrity of a site is retained, and the need for adjacent blank walls are removed. If this was the case here, the western facade could feature blaconies.

[Nort]

What's the point of having planning regulations if they're just going to be blatantly disregarded. I'm very concerned about the free-for-all state of affairs at SAPC.

Are our planning regs different to other capitals in regards to this sort of thing?
Perhaps the regulations should be modelled after a city that doesn't have this sort of rubbish with 100m of concrete walls straight up.

Also, what's the chances of something going up next door any time soon that will block out the view of the concrete wall?

On the eastern side it will be blocked out by the Tapangka development. There will be a ~25 story tower directly to the east of this, judging from the renders roughly where the community garden is now.

But on the western side, it may never be blocked out . The corner of Morphett and Franklin is an attractive old two story bluestone building, which probably is or will be heritage listed. That said, to build this tower they are proposing to knock down something similar.

There really needs to be be something done to prevent this kind of selfish stupidity. If a development abuts a heritage site, then they should not be able to put a blank concrete wall there as it will likely never be covered. Another example of this kind of thing recently is the Karidis office building further east on Franklin.

Any idea whether the SCAP meeting actually went ahead as planned yesterday? The SCAP website hasn’t been updated.

Totally agree, no excuse for more of these cheaply ugly monoliths of walls.

[gnrc_louis]

What's the point of having planning regulations if they're just going to be blatantly disregarded. I'm very concerned about the free-for-all state of affairs at SAPC.

Are our planning regs different to other capitals in regards to this sort of thing?
Perhaps the regulations should be modelled after a city that doesn't have this sort of rubbish with 100m of concrete walls straight up.

Also, what's the chances of something going up next door any time soon that will block out the view of the concrete wall?

On the eastern side it will be blocked out by the Tapangka development. There will be a ~25 story tower directly to the east of this, judging from the renders roughly where the community garden is now.

But on the western side, it may never be blocked out . The corner of Morphett and Franklin is an attractive old two story bluestone building, which probably is or will be heritage listed. That said, to build this tower they are proposing to knock down something similar.

There really needs to be be something done to prevent this kind of selfish stupidity. If a development abuts a heritage site, then they should not be able to put a blank concrete wall there as it will likely never be covered. Another example of this kind of thing recently is the Karidis office building further east on Franklin.

Any idea whether the SCAP meeting actually went ahead as planned yesterday? The SCAP website hasn’t been updated.

Small correction: that’s a Samaras development and they’ve actually painted the blank wall black recently and it doesn’t look too bad at all imo

[Prodical]

The SCAP refused the application because it was such a poor design.

Restores my faith in the SCAP and their efforts to raise the quality levels of Adelaide's building applications. While I very much like height, this application was pretty awful in appearance in its design, with endless concrete walls.

So good

[HiTouch]

The SCAP refused the application because it was such a poor design.

Restores my faith in the SCAP and their efforts to raise the quality levels of Adelaide's building applications. While I very much like height, this application was pretty awful in appearance in its design, with endless concrete walls.

So good

I'm glad there's a bit of a backbone with the SCAP. I doub they were serious with this. Probably wanted to see what they could get away with regarding cost.

[Mpol02]

There is a god, lol.